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Patented Jan. 13, 1942 PRINTING PLAYBOOK Jessica Fielding Jolie, New York, N. Y., assignor to The Platt & Munk Co. Inc., New York, N. Y., a. corporation of New York Application July 3, 1940, Serial No. 343,714

1 Claim.

This invention relates to printing playbooks and has for one of its objects the provision of a book of this character which will at one and the same time educate and entertain a youngster.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a book of the nature referred to which comprises a pair of preferably hard covers to one of which is pasted or otherwise secured the last sheet or auxiliary cover of a book some of the pages of which being provided with illustrations or arithmetical problems which a child is intended to solve by printing from a printing outfit contained in a box also secured to the said cover.

A further object of the invention is to so construct the book cover and arrange same with respect to the book and box, so that when the front cover is opened up both of the covers as Well as the cover back will rest flat upon the table to permit the book pages to lie fiat upon the respective covers.

Another object is to produce a device of the character described in which the maximum simplicity of construction and operation is secured.

Other objects and advantages will appear as the nature of the improvements is better understood, the invention consisting substantially in the novel arrangement and co-relation of parts herein fully described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein similar reference characters are used to describe corresponding parts throughout the several views, and then finally pointed out and specifically defined and indicated in the appended claim.

The disclosure made the basis of exemplifying the present inventive concept suggests a practical embodiment thereof, but the invention is not to be restricted to the exact details of this disclosure, and the latter, therefore, is to be understood from an illustrative, rather than a restrictive standpoint.

The inventive idea involved is capable of receiving a variety of mechanical expressions, one of which, for the purpose of illustration, is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a top plan view of my improved playbook in open position;

Figure 2 is an end view looking from the bottom of Figure. 1;

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the book in closed position;

Figure 4 is a fragmental sectional view taken in line 44 Fig. 1;

Figure 5 is a fragmental sectional view taken on line 5-5 Fig. 1 showing the cover and back construction; and

Figures 6 and 7 are fragmental face views of some of the book pages.

Referring now to the drawings in detail It) indicates my improved printing playbook which comprises a front cover I l a rear cover l2, and a backing strip or back l3 intermediate the said covers and spaced from them, the said covers and back being united by suitable binding strips l4 and [5. Due to the above arrangement of the covers and backing a pair of flexible or soft zones l6 are provided to form hinge means for opening said covers.

Secured to the upper portion of the rear cover I2 is a box I! housing a platform I8 provided with elongated slots [9, 20, 2|, 22 and 23, in which may be supported type blocks 24 of a printing outfit 25 including an inking pad 26. The box I! may be provided with a removable cover 21.

Below the box I! there is pasted, glued or otherwise secured to the cover l2 a book or pamphlet 28 comprising a plurality of foldable sheets or leaves 29 bound together in any suitable manner. The said foldable sheets are divided into pages, some of which may be blank and others may have printed matter thereon. It will be understood that the pamphlet or book 28 is entirely free of or unattached to either the front cover H or-backing member [3 which fact together with the construction of the covers and backing permits all of the said elements to lie flat upon a support when opened up. If the back and front cover were not free the book could not be opened up flat to permit the proper utilization and operation of the set. In other words, an ordinary cover bound in the usual way would not answer the purpose intended. Upon the specimen page shown in Figure 1, there is provided four lines of printed matter 30 and underscored blank spaces 3| in which the child is to copy the printed matter directly above. In Figure 6, I have shown a specimen page having printed thereon a plurality of illustrations 32, each having a line 33 alongside thereof for the child to print the name of object illustrated. The specimen page shown in Figure 7 consists of a row of mathematical problems 34 to be worked out or solved, the answers of which are to be printed on the lines 35.

It is to be understood that the number and type of the illustrations or other printed matter on the various pages of the book may be varied without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have provided a play printing book which will amuse and educate children, the book being so constructed as to in no way hamper the child in carrying out the various steps required to print or otherwise properly utilize the various elements of the book.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In a book of the nature described, a front cover, a rear cover, and a back member intermediate said front and rear covers, a box member secured to said rear cover, said box member extending over a substantial portion of said rear cover, an apertured platform within said box member adapted to retain printing members and a pamphlet secured to said rear cover, adjacent the said box member.

JESSICA FIELDING JOFFE. 

